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Building high-end 'tables cheap at Home Despot II

“For those who want the moon but can't afford it or those who can afford it but like to have fun and work with their hands, I'm willing to give out a recipe for a true high-end 'table which is easy to do, and fun to make as sky's the limit on design/creativity! The cost of materials, including 'table, is roughly $200 (depending, more or less), and add to that a Rega tonearm. The results are astonishing. I'll even tell/show you how to make chipboard look like marble and fool and impress all your friends. If there's interest I'll get on with this project, if not, I'll just continue making them in my basement. The next one I make will have a Corian top and have a zebra stripe pattern! Fun! Any takers?”

The Lead in “Da Thread” as posted by Johnnantais - 2-01-04

Let the saga continue. Sail on, oh ships of Lenco!
mario_b

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widge29
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Hi folks,
this is an awesome thread! I've just got my hands on a GL75
and I have been reading for the past week or so looking for info. is there a description some where of what the wiring for the tonearm to preamp (Gl75 arm) looks like? My table apparently was removed from a console of some sort and all the wires were cut. What is confusing is that there seems to be only one wire from the junction area (area where arm wires connect to preamp lines) to preamp. I realize this probably sounds really confusing but perhaps someone can help a lenco newbie.
Thanks widge29
widge29
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Hi mario,
Thanks for the quick reply. There are 4 clips at the headshell. There appear to be three wires coming from the tonearm to the junction. If this describes wiring for a mono Hook-up (one speaker in the console perhaps) it seems that I should be able to simply rewire it for stereo. I intend to use the 75 arm, not sure of the cartridge... suggestions? I have done some minor repair work on my equipment so soldering isn't completely foreign to me. I have seen pics of a 75s wiring on the not strictly idler site, but I would rather have a more standard diagram of what do do. Thanks again for your help.
Widge29
widge29
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Thanks Gp49,
It looks exactly the way you describe. I'm not so much concerned with the arm wiring as such... You've taken care of that, but the deck seems to have only 1 wire running from the junction to the preamp side. I'm curious to know, if I do have to rewire this, 1. what type of wiring I need for the job and 2. To what tags should they be soldered so that I actually can hear this beast play.
Thanks
widge
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